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Example sentences of "make [pron] [adv] of [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I thought the dead whiteness of the dress made me more of a corpse than a bride but had n't enough energy to infuriate my mother by telling her so .
2	The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else .
3	‘ I was very pleased when it rained , as Silver Fling is best really at five and a half furlongs , and the easier ground made it more of a test ’ .
4	Thereafter an employee is rotated through several sections or jobs making them more of a generalist rather than a specialist in one skill .
5	He 's been making himself part of the England scene by acting as spy for some time now as already noted on the list .
6	In the meantime , yesterday 's contract sets up EDS as KF 's partner in managing the Stockholm-based company 's computer systems , making it more of a ‘ cosourcing ’ than an ‘ outsourcing ’ contract , Carroll said .
7	Although there is no known cure for osteoarthritis , there are some ways of making it less of a problem to ordinary living .
8	‘ The speed humps will be built in a special way which makes them less of an inconvenience to buses , ’ said Mrs Standing .
9	‘ For some reason I hate to lose , ’ said Chang , ‘ and that makes me more of a fighter .
10	The format was changed slightly , to make it more of a gala day .
11	In the early days slalomists paddled a World Championships in slalom and then the same paddlers , using the same boats , took part in a WWR to make it more of an event , just as a K1 sprint paddler might take part in a 500m race and also take part in a 10km event at the same regatta .
12	In an ideal world , your pump should be able to cope happily with normal pond detritus , without the need for a strainer of any kind , and any de-sludging should be at the filter , where back washing makes it less of a chore .